No, closing a research lab is not fascism.
Maybe another f word then. Like Fucking stupid.
The goal is to privatize these things and have their buddies own it, while taxpayers still pay for it. So yes, fascism.
https://www.notus.org/health-science/trumps-privatization-of...
Closing a single lab is not fascism. It becomes fascism when a regime systematically targets institutions that produce independent knowledge that doesn't align with Dear Leader's propoganda.